Men Looking at Feminist Art

Today I have found a couple of videos about an art show titled ‘The Female Gaze: Women Look At Women’ at Cheim & Read, New York 2009. It is two men: Douglas Kelley and James Kalm, who are doing their best to present the feminist artworks featured by the  art show.  I couldn’t help laughing: The feminist theories about the gaze can be difficult to explain and a hand held camera has a tendency to focus at what the viewer is looking at – in this case at tits and …

Enjoy!

(Thanks to Douglas and James for making the videos).

Douglas Kelley visiting ‘The Female Gaze: Women Look At Women’ art show, New York 2009

‘The Female Gaze: Women Look At Women’ art show, New York 2009 – James Kalm takes us through the whole show.

The Female Artists
The feminist group show included works by:  Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, Diane Arbus, Vanessa Beecroft, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Kathe Burkhart, Julia Margaret Cameron, Victoria Civera, Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, Anh Duong, Judith Eisler, Tracey Emin, Ellen Gallagher, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Chantal Joffe, Deborah Kass, Maria Lassnig, Zoe Leonard, Sally Mann, Marilyn Minter, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Shirin Neshat, Collier Schorr, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman, Mickalene Thomas, Hannah van Bart, Hellen van Meene, Kara Walker, Francesca Woodman and Lisa Yuskavage.